The following is a list of Web addresses that we hope you will find relevant to the material typically published in The
Internet Protocol Journal.
If you have suggestions for other pointers to include, please drop us a line at
ipj@cisco.com
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The primary standards-setting body for Internet technologies. http://www.ietf.org
Internet-Drafts are working documents of the IETF, its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also
distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are not an archival document series. These documents should
not be cited or quoted in any formal document. Unrevised documents placed in the Internet-Drafts directories have a maximum
life of six months. After that time, they must be updated, or they will be deleted. Some Internet-Drafts become RFCs (see
below). http://www.ietf.org/ID.html
The Request For Comments (RFC) document series. The RFCs form a series of notes, started in 1969, about the
Internet (originally the ARPANET). The notes discuss many aspects of computer communication, focusing on networking
protocols, procedures, programs, and concepts but also including meeting notes, opinion, and sometimes humor. The
specification documents of the Internet protocol suite, as defined by IETF and its steering group the IESG, are published
as RFCs. Thus, the RFC publication process plays in important role in the Internet standards process. http://www.rfc-editor.org/
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a non-profit, non-governmental, international, professional membership organization
dedicated to promoting the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world. ISOC is the organizational home of the IETF. http://www.isoc.org
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) " ... is the non-profit corporation that was
formed to assume responsibility for the IP address space allocation, protocol parameter assignment, domain name system
management, and root server system management functions previously performed under U.S. Government contract by IANA and
other entities." http://www.icann.org
The North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG) " ... provides a forum for the exchange of technical
information, and promotes discussion of implementation issues that require community cooperation. Coordination among
network service providers helps ensure the stability of overall service to network users." http://www.nanog.org
The Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) provide IP address block assignments for Internet Service Providers
and others. In addition, the RIRs have formed the Number Resource Organization (NRO)
http://www.nro.net. Currently, there are five
active RIRs:
Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC): http://www.lacnic.net
RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC)
RIR responsible for Europe and Northern Africa http://www.ripe.net
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) " ... develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines,
software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and
collective understanding." http://www.w3.org/
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) "... is an international organization within which governments
and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services." http://www.itu.int
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) " ... is a worldwide federation of
national standards bodies from some 140 countries, one from each country. The mission of ISO is to promote the development
of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and
services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity.
ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards." http://iso.org
This is by no means intended to be a complete list of organizations that are related to Internet development in one way or
another, but this list should give you a good starting point.
